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Looking to add some Silver Laced Wyandotte pullets or hens to the flock this spring. Anybody in the Carolinas or Eastern Georgia raising them?

Looking to add some Silver Laced Wyandotte pullets or hens to the flock this spring. Anybody in the Carolinas or Eastern Georgia raising them?

I've been losing eggs to black snakes lately. Is Snake Away safe to use around chickens? What about sulfur? Will it hurt chickens? Also: how do you train guineas to stay at home? I've been thinking of getting some guineas for a while, and now may be the time, given my snake issue. But...

Just discovered this in the nest box. It was the size of an egg yolk, so I assume one of the girls laid a shell-less egg and the white got lost in the hay of the nest box? I cut it open, and a glob of something the pale yellow color of pus (not the color of any yolk my chickens have ever...

Thanks, Tamtam! I will try mixing the oyster shells in with the feed. :) How long was it before you started to see results?

Bumping the thread back up. Anybody have any suggestions?

Love those links, SouthernAlberta! Thanks! That's disappointing that they killed your lavender, Renegade. :(

That's great info, thanks! My house is three or four hundred feet from the road, I would say. And the places in the fence where the dog can slip under are toward the back. There's one spot that would let them out at the edge of some woods and another that would let them out into a neighbor's...

I was just about to post that I was looking for 2 Barred Rock hens! And yours was the first thread when I opened the BST forum! And I'm in Aiken! When can I come get them?

Around here, 4.5 foot tall non-climb wire with a board on top goes in for $5-$6 per foot, including posts, gates, and labor. I have always heard that chain-link is more expensive than that.

I'm new to chickens, but have had horses for 21 years and know a thing or two about composting manure in general. First, pine shavings are fine. Most composted horse manure is mixed with pine shavings or pine sawdust because that's what most horse stalls are bedded with. If you test your...

I have a fantasy about having lavender planted around my coop. Good idea? Bad idea? Will they eat it? Will they kill it? Will it hurt them? What are other good plants to have in a chicken yard? Currently I've got grass, trees, and a coral honeysuckle. And also, the occasional daffodil...